Avoid at all costs - Not the city you think it is!
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1/22/2019
I've lived in LC for over 20 years. The city has very little to offer and growth is very slow and stagnant. There is not much to do here other than going to see the movies or playing golf. Unless you like being at the Casino's or watching a horrible McNeese Football game. The people here are also very laughable, talentless and unprofessional; there is nothing that actually happens here, in terms of entertainment. (i.e. poor acting and musician promotions etc.) No good music scene (not even Cajun music, Country music or Jazz etc. if that's your forte) the women here are very unattractive too. It is a city of self-hate and only opportunists and transplants flock to it. Nobody really likes this place - I have not found one person who has ever told me they liked living here. Almost all the people I knew from school (Elementary, Junior High, High school) have all moved away to different places in the USA and are happy they made the choice. The history of Lake Charles will also bore you to tears. The foundation of this city seems very feeble and like a disaster. (You'd wonder why a city would be this bad.)
After finally leaving this place in the summer of 2017, I couldn't agree more. (with the people I knew from school who were so glad to move away) It was like a breath of fresh air, when I did. The roads in Lake Charles (especially downtown) are very narrow and substandard; so there's always a chance you can get into a rubbing or a small wreck. People here drive pretty crazy too, and the traffic will wear you out. Everyone in this city seems to be jealous of each other and passive-aggressive. They also love cutting down people with ambitions and/or talent. Anyone seeking a professional career will have to leave this city in order to get any success.
Thomas | Moss Bluff, LA